Led to Give The Epiphany of Our Lord January 6, 2019 10:30 Service 1
INFORMATION FOR OUR GUESTS WELCOME TO OUR WORSHIP! A warm welcome to our guests this morning! It is a privilege to have you join us as we worship and praise our Savior, Jesus Christ. We want you to feel at home here so we are providing the following information to make your visit as pleasant as possible. NAME TAGS When visiting, please fill out a name tag so we will know who you are and can welcome you. Name tags are located at the podium as you enter the church. CHILDREN S BULLETIN Children s Bulletins can be obtained from an usher if you have little ones with restless hands. CONNECTION CARD When the offering is being collected, all are asked to fill in the Connection Card which is in your bulletin. Please print your address and telephone number on the slip so that we may better serve you and send you more information. RESTROOMS AND WATER FOUNTAINS Restrooms are located off both the front and rear entrances to the sanctuary. Signs are located on the wall. NURSERY A nursery, with a qualified attendant, is provided for the care of children three years or younger and is located in the back of the church (Luther Hall) from 9:00 11:30 SUNDAY SCHOOL Classes for children age 3 through 6 th grade are held from 9:15-10:15 a.m. Kid s Connect is held during the 10:30 a.m. service following the children s message. A SPECIAL INVITATION for everyone to join us in Adult Bible Classes at 9:15 a.m. in the Conference Room. COFFEE IS SERVED! Coffee fellowship every Sunday 9:00 10:30 in the Breezeway. Come have a donut and enjoy fellowship with one another! LARGE PRINT BULLETINS AND HYMNALS Large print bulletins and hymnals are located in the front entrance of the church (narthex.) Please ask an usher for assistance. RECEIVING COMMUNION Please see the communion statement in this bulletin. The Common Cup and Individual Cups are both available. White grape juice is found at the center of the Individual Cups for those having that medical need. If you choose the Individual cup when communing at the altar, please hold on to it until the chalice has passed. Please advise an usher if you need to commune in your pew. HOW CAN YOU BECOME A MEMBER? If you have a previous membership in a Lutheran church, you can transfer your membership to Our Savior by contacting the church office. We will gladly contact your previous church for your transfer. You may also join by profession of faith. New members are welcomed regularly, and New Member Classes are scheduled in the fall and spring. For any assistance or information, please call the church office 954.473.6888. VISIT OUR WEBSITE at www.oslplantation.church Watch Sermons, Events Calendar, Weekly Newsletter and a Link to our Facebook Page. 2
Our Savior Lutheran Church 8001 Northwest 5 th Street Plantation, Florida 33324 Rev. Tony Durante, Pastor Serving Christ-Serving Others-Changing Lives Led to Give -The Epiphany of Our Lord January 6, 2019 Prelude (Bells rung to begin service) As We Gather Please take a minute to fill in your Connection Card. Divine Service 10:30 (P=pastor, L=liturgist, C=congregation, R=reader) Please stand Opening Song Here I Am to Worship Verse 1 Light of the world, You stepped down into darkness; Opened my eyes, let me see. Beauty that made this heart adore You; Hope of a life spent with You. Chorus Verse 2: Bridge: So, here I am to worship, Here I am to bow down, Here I am to say that You're my God. You're altogether lovely, Altogether worthy, altogether wonderful to me! King of all days, Oh so highly exalted, Glorious in heaven above! Humbly You came to the earth You created, All for love's sake became poor! Chorus I ll never know how much it cost to see my sin upon that cross. I ll never know how much it cost to see my sin upon that cross. Chorus Please be seated Announcements 3
Please stand Hymn of Invocation O Worship the King 5 Frail children of dust and feeble as frail, In Thee do we trust, nor find Thee to fail. Thy mercies, how tender, how firm to the end, Our maker, defender, redeemer, and friend! 6 O measureless Might, ineffable Love, While angels delight to hymn Thee above, Thy humbler creation, though feeble their lays, With true adoration shall sing to Thy praise. Invocation L In the Name of the Father and of the T Son and of the Holy Spirit. C Amen. The First Commandment L Together we read the commandment. C You shall have no other gods. L What does this mean? We should fear, love, and trust in God above all things. Confession and Absolution L Our help is in the name of the Lord, C who made heaven and earth. L If You, O Lord, kept a record of sins, O Lord, who could stand? C But with You there is forgiveness; therefore You are feared. L Let us kneel and confess our sins to God our Father. 4
L Since we are gathered to hear God s Word, call upon Him in prayer and praise, and receive the body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ in the fellowship of this altar, let us first consider our unworthiness and confess before God and one another that we have sinned in thought, word and deed, and that we cannot free ourselves from our sinful condition. Together as His people let us take refuge in the infinite mercy of God, our heavenly Father, seeking His grace for the sake of Christ, and saying: God be merciful to me, a sinner. C Almighty God, have mercy upon us, forgive us our sins, and lead us to everlasting life. Amen. P Almighty God in His mercy has given His Son to die for you and for His sake forgives you all your sins. As a called and ordained servant of Christ, and by His authority, I therefore forgive you all your sins in the name of the Father and of the T Son and of the Holy Spirit. C Amen. Service of the Word Please stand Salutation and Collect of the Day L The Lord be with you. C And also with you. L Let us pray. L Holy Lord, although You are the greatest of kings, You serve us. Although we owe You our lives You gave us Your own. Come and reign in our lives as You reign in heaven, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, that we might wholly give our hearts to You, the one true God now and forever. C Amen. Please be seated First Reading - Exodus 32:1-8 When the people saw that Moses was so long in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said, Come, make us gods who will go before us. As for this fellow Moses who brought us up out of Egypt, we don t know what has happened to him. 2 Aaron answered them, Take off the gold earrings that your wives, your sons and your daughters are wearing, and bring them to me. 3 So all the people took off their earrings and brought them to Aaron. 4 He took what they handed him and made it into an idol cast in the shape of a calf, fashioning it with a tool. Then they said, These are your gods, Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt. 5 When Aaron saw this, he built an altar in front of the calf and announced, Tomorrow there will be a festival to the LORD. 6 So the next day the people rose early and sacrificed burnt offerings and presented fellowship offerings. Afterward they sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry. 7 Then the LORD said to Moses, Go down, because your people, whom you brought up out of Egypt, have become corrupt. 8 They have been quick to turn away from what I commanded them and have made themselves an idol cast in the shape of a calf. They have bowed down to it and sacrificed to it and have said, These are your gods, Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt. R This is the Word of the Lord. C Thanks be to God. 5
Second Reading - 2 Corinthians 8:7-9 But since you excel in everything in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness and in the love we have kindled in you see that you also excel in this grace of giving. 8 I am not commanding you, but I want to test the sincerity of your love by comparing it with the earnestness of others. 9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich. R This is the Word of the Lord. C Thanks be to God. Please stand L The Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew, the 2 nd chapter, verses 1-11 C Glory to You, O Lord. After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem 2 and asked, Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him. 3 When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him. 4 When he had called together all the people s chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Messiah was to be born. 5 In Bethlehem in Judea, they replied, for this is what the prophet has written: 6 But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for out of you will come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel. 7 Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared. 8 He sent them to Bethlehem and said, Go and search carefully for the child. As soon as you find him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship him. 9 After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen when it rose went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was. 10 When they saw the star, they were overjoyed. 11 On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. L This is the Gospel of the Lord. C Praise to You, O Christ. The Apostles Creed L Let us with one voice confess our faith saying The Apostles' Creed C I believe in God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth. And in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried. He descended into hell. The third day He rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty. From thence He will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Christian Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life T everlasting. Amen. (Please be seated) Children s Message 6
Song of the Day Jesus Paid it All Verse 1: I hear the Savior say, "Your strength indeed is small! Child of weakness, watch and pray, Find in me your all in all!" Chorus: Verse 2: Verse 3: Jesus paid it all, All to Him I owe; Sin had left a crimson stain, He washed it white as snow! And when before the Throne I stand in Him complete, "Jesus died my soul to save!" My lips shall still repeat! Chorus And when before the throne, I stand in Him complete, Jesus died, my soul to save, My lips shall still repeat. Chorus Sermon Led to Give Matthew 2:1-11 Please stand Christ Be My Leader 1964, renewed 1992 Hope Publishing Co. Used by permission: LSB Hymn License.NET, no. 100011830.Public domain Sharing of the Peace Please be seated Offering and Musical Offering (Solo) 7 There is a Savior Prayer of the Church Please stand P Let us pray for the whole people of God in Christ Jesus and all people according to their needs. (After each petition: Pastor: Lord in your mercy. People: Hear our prayer.) P All these things and whatever else You know that we need grant us for the sake of Him who died and rose again and who now lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. C Amen.
Service of the Sacrament Prayer of Thanksgiving P C Let us pray Amen The Lord s Prayer P Lord, remember us in Your Kingdom and teach us to pray. C Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven; give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever. Amen. Words of Our Lord (Pastor) Pax Domini P The peace of the Lord be with you always. C And also with you. Agnus Dei 8
Please be seated Distribution and Hymns General Distribution: We invite you to come up to the altar for communion. Special Distribution: Those that are unable to use the stairs to commune at the altar, please stay seated until a communion assistant team comes to the bottom of the stairs. An usher will guide you to walk up and receive communion. For those who cannot walk to the front, communion assistants will commune you at your seat. Holy Communion is a gift from God. It is the Lord s Table to which He invites us. As we prepare to receive the Sacrament, we might ask ourselves the following questions: Do I realize that I am a sinful human being? Do I understand that our Lord gave His life, His body and blood, for me on the cross that I might be forgiven of my sins and in His resurrection raised me to a new life? Do I realize that in the Lord s Supper He gives me His true body and blood that I might be assured of forgiveness and that my faith is strengthened that I might serve my Lord and through Him serve others? If you are a baptized Christian and share these Biblical truths, please join us in the celebration of the Sacrament. If you have not yet been baptized or received instruction, please come forward for a blessing, crossing your arms over your chest to indicate you are not receiving the elements. Distribution Songs Gentle Mary Laid Her Child Public domain 9
I Come, O Savior, to Thy Table 1941 Concordia Publishing House. Used by permission: LSB Hymn License.NET, no. 100011830. Public domain Please stand Post-Communion Prayer P Let us pray C Amen Benediction Closing Song Verse 1: How Great Is Our God The splendor of a King clothed in majesty, Let all the earth rejoice, all the earth rejoice! He wraps Himself in Light, and darkness tries to hide, And trembles at His voice, trembles at His voice! 10
Chorus: Verse 2: Bridge 1: How great is our God! Sing with me, How great is our God! And all will see how great, How great is our God! P Go in Peace and Serve the Lord. C Thanks be to God. Postlude Age to age He stands, and time is in His hands. Beginning and the End, Beginning and the End! The Godhead, Three in One: Father, Spirit, Son; The Lion and the Lamb, Lion and the Lamb! (Chorus) Name above all names! Worthy of all praise! And my heart will sing: How great is our God! Lutheran Service Book Divine Service, Setting Four LSBHymnLicense.net#100011830 Sermon Notes 11
SUNDAY MORNING WORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES 8:00 AM and 10:30 AM - Communion Services 9:15 AM Sunday School and Bible Class THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO SERVED TODAY... Altar Guild: Donna and Judy Watson 8:00 Carol Tucek and Jodi Whitt 10:30 Greeters: Junko Durante 8:00 Jan Withers 10:30 Acolytes: Lucius Morales and Ian Burke 10:30 Liturgist: John Strang 8:00 Cantor: Gerry Gruenbaum 8:00 Lay Reader: John Wheeler 8:00 Linda Root 10:30 Ushers: Bill May, Paul and Maria Krug, David Volz 800 Bill Burkhardt, Tom Christensen, Donna Swift, Brian Warfel10:30 Worship Ron Berchert, Howard Fischer, Lerryn Latimer, John Strang, John Wheeler 8:00 Assistants Sarah Cochran, Norma Miller, Carol Tucek, Linda Root, Jodi Whitt 10:30 Sound: Andy Clark / Wayne Shaw Organist: Carisa Meier Song Leader: Wayne Rediker 10:30 Bass Guitarist: Duane Srot 10:30 Soloist: Roberta Little Thank you to all the musicians and singers for serving our Lord with your gifts. Music used by permission CCLI#87284 Tony Durante, Pastor Linda Root, Principal Jan Withers, Administrative Assistant CHURCH OFFICE 954.473.6888 954.473-6895 Fax e-mail church@oursaviorplantation.org website www.oslplantation.church OUR SAVIOR LUTHERAN SCHOOL Eighteen month olds through 8 th Grade 954.370.2161 954.473.0395 Fax e-mail school@oursaviorplantation.org website www.oslplantation.school 12